Roll-paper holder and cutter



INVENTOI? ATTORNEY.

:(NoModeL) G. H. HAPGOOD. ROLL BAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

No. 524,320. I

Patented Aug. 14, 1894.

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CLARENCE H. HAPGOOD, OF DAYTON, .O HIO.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUVTTER.

$PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,320, dated Augustl, 189 4.

Application filed March 26, 1894. serial No. 505,074- (No model.)

To allwhom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE H. HAPGOOD, of Dayton, county of Montgomery, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Roll-Paper Holders and Outters; and I do declare the. following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to roll-paper holders, and is embodied in certain new and useful improvements that will be detailed in the specification, and specifically'pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide new and novel means for keeping the free end of the paper away from the roll,in order that it may readily be taken hold of, and also to provide a cuttingblade that may be moved inwardly at either end, or entirely, to enable the fingers to catch hold of the free end of the paper; and further, to provide means for feeding the free end of the paper to the cutting blade in case the roll is accidentally turned backward, and said free end thereby becomes withdrawn from the carriage.

To'these ends, myimprovement has specific, reference to the construction and arrangement of the follower or carriage.

Referring to the annexed drawings, form-.

ing a supplement to the specification, Figure 1, is a side elevation of my roll-paper holder and cutter. Fig. 2, is a vertical section through the center. Fig. 3, i%n enlarged plan view of the carriage, with the standards shown in section; Fig. 4, a similar viewof the under side of the carriage, the vertical standards shown in section,

Referring to the specific parts of the drawings, A represents standards, having flanges at both ends with holes for bolts, by which said standards are fixed to atransverse baseboard B, and an upper cross-piece O. (a) designates slots in'the middle portions of said standards, which afford bearings for the journals or lugs projecting fromthe central core D, of the roll E; all of the foregoing features V being common in the art.

With specific reference to the follower or carriage,'upon which the cutting mechanism is borne, F-F indicateend brackets, of 5 5 curvilinear form in side elevation, with oblong-rectangular slots (0) in the front ends thereof and lugs (2'){z) projecting from the inner side.

v designate parallelrods, the ends 63 of which are journaled in the front and rear ends of said brackets; these parts inclose the standards A, and form a follower or carriage that rests upon the roll E; and which is guided or maintained in position on said (i)(c') on the brackets, being on one side of the standards, and the rod (e) on the other side; the rods (6) and (e) are at all times, longitudinally in contact with the roll, and

the end (b) of said roll rests upon the rod (6) 7e 1 in the lugs am projecting from the brack- 8o ets, and the other end bearing against the inner surface of the part (f) of the cuttingblade;. the function of these springs, is to maintain the blade normally in an outward position as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2; in the latter figure the blade is shown in dottedlines, moved inward, the free endof the paper is also'shown in dotted lines, resting on the rod (e) between the blade and said rod.

The curved metallic idly attached at their center, to rod (6) near the ends of said rod; the rear ends of these plates normally rest upon the roll of paper in the rear of the rod (e), while the front ends, of said'plates occupy a'more elevated hori- 5 zontal position; the free end of the paper (b) necessarily lies upon these plates, the func tion of which is to present said end to the fingers in a horizontal position away from the roll, and to bind said end sufficiently to pre- I'oc vent the backward winding of the roll; should snfficient force, however, be accidentally applied to said roll, to turn it backward and thereby remove the free end from the sup-f roll, bylugs a vertical porting plates (o)(0), and rod (e) a forward turn by the hand will feed said free end back to its proper place without requiring a catchin g hold of said end. In constructing holders for large rolls, it is necessary to employ additional plates (0),. in the middle portion of the rod (e), therefore any desirable number of said plates may be used.

Briefly describing the operation,-the free end of the paper normally lies as is shown in Fig. 2, elevated from the roll, between the cutting blade and the plates 0; when a piece of paper is required, it is only necessary to apply slight pressure to the blade in the middle, or at either end to move the same backward to expose the end of the paper which is caught hold of, sufficiently unwound, brought upwardly against the outer edge of the blade and severed, in a manner readily understood.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In a roll-paper holder, the combination with the standards on which the roll is mounted; of the end brackets provided with slots and lugs, parallel rods mounted insaid brackslidingly maintained in said slots, parallel rods (e) and (e') mounted in said brackets, the former rod occupying a position in the rear of the cutting blade and forming a fixed support, as to horizontal movement, for the free end of the paper, as herein described. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of March, 1894:.

CLARENGEII. HAPGOOD.

Witnesses:

' R. J. MOCARTY,

FRANK. H. FENNER... 

